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GRANITE FALLS — At approximately 5:04 a.m. Sunday, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for an unresponsive person at Project Turnabout.

The Granite Falls Ambulance responded to Project Turnabout and the person was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.

Authorities say foul play is not suspected, but the case is under investigation. The Granite Falls Police Department was assisted by the Granite Falls Ambulance and the Yellow Medicine county coroner.

Stolen vehicle recovered

ATWATER — A vehicle stolen out of Paynesville was recovered two miles south of Atwater on Sunday, according to the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office. The police department towed the vehicle to their evidence garage.

Crash

CANNON FALLS — One person received a non-life-threatening injury in a sideswipe collision between a van and a semi-truck Saturday afternoon on Highway 52, south of Cannon Falls.

Anthony J. Patzner, 65, of St. Charles was treated at Cannon Falls Hospital after his 2007 Dodge Caravan was sideswiped by the 2005 Peterbilt semi driven by Preston R. Eke, 28, of Raymond, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Both the van driven by Patzner and the semi driven by Eke were northbound on the four-lane highway. The patrol said the semi was passing the van in the left lane and merged into the van, sending the van into the median ditch. The patrol said Eke was not hurt.